12% of organizations cited a lack of investment in pre-production security for their API programs.

51% of organizations are still in planning or basic stages of API security maturity.

37% of UK CFOs surveyed cite cybersecurity and data privacy concerns as a significant barrier to automation

96% of healthcare organizations researched had at least two data loss or exfiltration incidents involving sensitive and confidential healthcare data in the past two years.

26% of organizations are adopting governance frameworks to establish rules for AI use in development.

60% of developers still design APIs primarily for humans only.

Just 11% of organizations plan to reduce investment in APIs in the next 12 months.

Only 3% of organizations indicated they do not know how many APIs they are responsible for.

61% of healthcare organizations say cloud/account compromises increased complications from medical procedures.

57% of the organizations are somewhat API-first.

89% of developers use generative AI in their daily work.

25% of the organizations are operating as fully API-first organizations.

69% of developers spend 10 or more hours per week on API-related tasks.

41% of developers, architects, and executives rely on AI to generate API documentation.

33% of security leaders have suffered an API incident in the past year.

35% of organizations identify cloud migration as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

33% of developers have ethical, legal, and compliance concerns about AI tools.

26% of organizations that generate API revenue derive less than 10% of their total revenue from APIs.

4% of organizations reported API increases of 201–300%.

25% of respondents pointed to budget limitations as the primary barrier to implementing a strong API security program.